Unless your name is Satoshi or Adam Back, then the nostr:npub1mutnyacc9uc4t5mmxvpprwsauj5p2qxq95v4a9j0jxl8wnkfvuyque23vg guys have probably contributed way more to Bitcoin than you ever will. All Bitcoiners must deeply accept we have collectively chosen shit base layer scalability to strong ensure decentralization and security. This has created the soundest money ever, but it does make Bitcoin RIDICULOUSLY hard to build on in a way only technical folks can truly understand. Shitting on devs for trying hurts us all and reduces the future pipeline of technical talent and startups we desperately need if we want Bitcoin to be money and just a store of value for the rich. It also shows very few folks truly understand the practical implications of Bitcoin’s current scaling trade offs.


Watch the livestream of our Fedi launch event now at fedi.xyz, and follow this thread for live commentary!

https://m.primal.net/JqBb.jpg


Fedi app now is source available code https://github.com/fedixyz/fedi #bitcoin


Write code >> conferences #bitcoin #nostr


we’re seeing a massive spike in activity on Strike right now, lots of users needing higher ACH limits, lots of users looking to reactivate their account, lots of customers placing large Private orders, etc.

if you, a family member, a friend, a colleague, etc need anything you can always just ping me here. one of the ways we differentiate at Strike is we are Bitcoiners that care deeply about Bitcoiners.

and if you aren’t using Strike give it a try, we’ve come a long way and are more than ready for this bull run. no-fee DCA, target orders, free-on chain payments, some of the cheapest fees, available in 100+ countries, and most importantly our systems were online 100% yesterday. here to serve if you need us 🫡

https://m.primal.net/Jpzw.png


Secure elements and hardware wallets

Why are secure elements used in Hardware Wallets?

Plain and simple for UX.

If your encryption depends on a numerical PIN of a few digits you are screwed.

The secure element adds a layer of encryption so that in case you can extract the seed from the chip you can not attack it by brute force.

If you use a sufficiently strong passphrase or if hardware wallets allow you to enter a password for encryption, there would be no need for secure elements, it's all about UX.

On the other hand, in cryptography you should never trust. Secure elements are a black box, and by contract you can't even publish their vulnerabilities. What's the point of using encryption if you're trusting a third party? that's useless.

It is true that there are solutions like coldcard where two secure elements are used so you don't have to trust them, but I still think it's stupid, I don't care about the UX, I want my bitcoins to be safe.

When you understand this, you realize how stupid the hardware wallet industry is.


nostr will not protect you from this

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First “NFT” on #Nostr using Taproot, nprofile & ngit 👀 nostr:note16v4w6wu9p7wteagu0jax08jjwuq0evpswtkj7xdn4ghela90485sf9vzcy


Life is good when you use nostr and taproot for decentralized ownership rights, social, markets and realtime communication.  Nostr/bitcoin is a better way to enjoy digital art.  "NFTs" are for beginners!

https://m.primal.net/JpsU.png

https://pages.npub.info/glyphs/XXTESTARTAAAA/


YOU EITHER STAY HUMBLE OR GET HUMBLED.

THIS GAME IS ONE OF SURVIVAL. PERSEVERANCE. RELENTLESS ENDURANCE.

MANDIBLES THEN BITCOIN STANDARD. WITH CHAOS COMES OPPORTUNITY.

STAY HUMBLE AND STACK SATS. LEARN HOW TO USE BITCOIN AND HOLD IT SECURELY YOURSELF. SIMPLE YET HARD.

ONWARD. FOREVER. 🫡


Comingle iOS TestFlight 0.1.0 (2) has been released!

Added:
- Profile creation
- Event deletion
- Toolbar menu item to copy njump.me URL for event

Changed:
- Profile name resolution now prefers display name over name

Fixed:
- Sign out bug where active tab is not switched
- Event creation image URL validation
- Bug where updating relay pool settings do not get reflected in the active relay pool
- Alignment of event relay list


Thanks to everyone who has tried Comingle so far! Kudos to nostr:npub1aeh2zw4elewy5682lxc6xnlqzjnxksq303gwu2npfaxd49vmde6qcq4nwx and nostr:npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424 for the bug reports. TestFlight version 0.1.0 (2) has a bunch of changes and fixes. Keep the feedback coming! nostr:note1cpcy4xwvn5xxd0h8g9et3vvepc9jsz8xkcvplqw055dnt5qfg4vs40wk65


GM https://image.nostr.build/f133c539e2140e968434b5c3e118bc2c7443f6d8f890ca7ea878c08d09f3febe.jpg


Fedimint v0.4.0: Changing Peer DNS Names, Wallet Client Module Rewrite

- "The biggest new feature is the ability of guardians to change their API endpoint in case they lost access to their domain or want to move for other reasons. Users will automatically receive cryptographically signed announcements and use the new API URL from then on."

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/fedimint-v0-4-0/


Comingle iOS is finally here! We've released the first public beta to Apple TestFlight. Find or RSVP to in-person and online events, or create your own! Many more features are coming your way, and an Android version is under development. Feel free to provide constructive feedback here or by opening an issue in GitHub. Thanks for your support, and we hope you enjoy using the app! cc nostr:npub1yaul8k059377u9lsu67de7y637w4jtgeuwcmh5n7788l6xnlnrgs3tvjmf

Join the Comingle Beta on Apple TestFlight:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/8rckHFzp

Launch Demo:
https://drsxdv23pe3sf.cloudfront.net/Comingle+iOS+Launch+Demo.mp4


I love the Block team and they’re making reasonable trade offs on the Bitkey for a totally noob user with small funds. However for anyone who has a decent sized stack and is not a noob I believe it’s the wrong set of trade offs. In the Bitkey model effectively you have two hot keys (phone and key server) which is a big trade off even if it’s source viewable (it is not FOSS), and your hardware wallet has no screen so you could easily approve a transfer to an address other than you intended if someone has hijacked your phone and what appears on its screen. The Bitkey is a $150 glorified yubikey. This is fine for noobs and small amounts, I would not trust with large amounts. It’s great for mitigating some basic theft and loss of key scenarios, but beyond that is quite limited. Hopefully in future iterations we get FROST and other enhancements.


In crises, markets sell what they can, not what they want.

#Bitcoin is down because it was the only market open to sell on Sunday night, not because the only fixed supply money we have is now less valuable.

#Bitcoin isn't hedging the broken financial system, it's replacing it.
https://m.primal.net/JpQY.mov


Thanks to nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac now https://nostrapps.com/ is under my control, I changed some small things and some (many?) others got lost during the migration. Bug reports and contributions are welcome.

Also changes, removals and additions to the list of apps (but please don't send NINOs or apps that are too small in scope or that wouldn't be immediately useful to a new Nostr user -- I don't yet what is the criteria).

Send your patches to the address specified at https://git.fiatjaf.com/nostrapps.com (and let me know afterwards because I will forget to check).


Cypherpunks doesn’t needed conferences for provide cryptography nostr:note1fpkfd40jnwxjcnl34zly0w9r4vaanr3zpjcauz8vvgcyd8m50wsq94ejty


The Nostr adoption will be done via dark mode, not conferences like cryptography nostr:note1nasznh8m2ps46rpn5m2qlthfa3ax233hucjuldextfrt8h22zsxsgcp77c


I thought we'd see more Nostr adoption after the Bitcoin Magazine conference in Nashville. Oh well. The mission hasn't changed.


Adoption doesn’t happen via shitcoin  conferences. Improving clients and building new things is what will grow nostr!
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Anyone there still want to try that? 🤙

nostr:nevent1qqs9pee3jexptp8ntlkhlen0ypwhzw6a93hd2s9evxyuylq38j2qjagpzpmhxue69uhkztnwdaejumr0dshsygyh4snarvafl3ssvzjc6suqhvupyan0yu5sl9msyxf4cvsxr9jrkupsgqqqqqqsfr32zk


nostr:nprofile1qqsrs7xetkmms4xr5rfm944hh7dl9zekzc47vsex74fphfcu7w6956gpp3mhxue69uhkyunz9e5k7qg4waehxw309ajkgetw9ehx7um5wghxcctwvsq32amnwvaz7tmgd9ehgtnwdaehgu3wd3skueqdwyj7h is doing amazing work on LNbits! Thank you for your contributions!


I agree with Calle nostr:note1kprs08xfq2e24k3afmqy859qpnrvyuc0040xtstumu0ltlgdrcssnht66s


This is honestly a really sad day. As Mutiny wallet is sailing toward the sunset, I hope that Lightning wallet devs will step up their game to fill the void they left. We need self-custodial wallets that run a node on your phone. We need options. We need the talent.

We probably also need another wallet that mixes Ecash with Lightning to cover everything from very small balances to very large balances. One that let's you start with 100 sat and holds your hands and opens channels for you as you acquire more sats.

I've been building Lightning wallets for years before I started working on Cashu. I know how fucking hard it is. Ecash is child's play compared to Lightning's complexity.

My deepest respect goes to the lunatics who put a fucking Lightning node in the browser and pushed LDK to places where no one else has ever been.

Thank you nostr:nprofile1qqs9hejyd252x8q3kw6980ud4lymx3hlx2x3lgg6p7sz58nyv8m2nvgpvemhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0dec82c33wscxu7t8xc6xwdtkwac8yanpx5e8wmrrd46rwentv3erqdmkx4j8ydmnxv6hyct389nnq7r8vvcxkdrcvdek2er2vachv0mzwfhkzerrv9ehg0t5wf6k2qg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0qyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2ujnh08 nostr:nprofile1qqswrlemlh2wgqc4jkds3d8ueqj9a2j3gcm7r48v9tskdd6rxsd7rtcpzfmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ucpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqjxamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwfhh2mnywfhkx6mzd96xxmmfdejhyuewvdhk6jg4k33 nostr:nprofile1qqsq6myr3rwtqjdcm48u357ccwae8h3a4y96s28y7zwg458ngeyg5vcp2amhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0dec82c33wq6xkeec0fu826ms09knx6pjxpjhyenpxdekzmt2xqc8ymfjva6rguf4wan827t4xd6xwvrcxd4xwvm8v4ehvmnr0pnrsqgkwaehxw309ahx7um5wgh8vatvwpjk6tnrdaksz9rhwden5te0dehhxarj9ehhsarj9ejx2ase3kkz0

🫡🏴☠


🆕⚡ Lighting Up Mining with Breez  ⚡🆕

We are happy to announce SATO as our latest SDK partner, bringing self-custodial Lightning payments to Club Mining — the mining-meets-social app.

Learn why the Breez SDK ‘ticked all the boxes’ for SATO.

👇👇👇

https://medium.com/breez-technology/sato-is-lighting-up-mining-with-the-breez-sdk-30e6df852b74


😐 nostr:note1mnyfl9hjck35mw67hd659j6a2gxltmyhzq684lm99xnf6wzyeunsh33fy8


Important update: Mutiny Wallet will be winding down operations by the end of the year.

We're exploring new directions as a company. For full details on the shutdown and our future plans, please read our latest blog post: https://blog.mutinywallet.com/mutiny-wallet-is-shutting-down/


👀 nostr:note1xn2r6extxz5zfmrp39m57nxmmydnjlk4tkqvayxekjuhh3p2xzesvse7y5


Added DLC support for Musig2 on development branch.

Now you can tweak the group nonce with an adapter key, then later tweak the group signature with the secret.

https://github.com/cmdruid/musig2

This DLC scheme should also work with FROST.


https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/pull/1526 👀 #bitcoin


"Ride the waves of change without being wiped out by them."


Cold storage #Nostr Keys. Interesting idea

Soon Hardwallet with #Nostr and #Bitcoin storage? https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1409


While people are worried about the FIAT price panic... I'm building stuff on #Bitcoin.

Learn how to separate the wheat from the chaff

GM.


Just wanted to say thank you for all the #zaps from the last 2 months and any direct ⚡, Thank you for supporting #Hivetalk and growing the Nostr zaps circular economy!

https://video.nostr.build/1fea4defb5453019614480472a31f7c2fa4e1b0b9ed92c49fca7d4806bab255a.mp4

Your Support makes it possible to run HiveTalk for at least the next 2-3 years. We did it without having to ask a 3rd party; it was all p2p direct.  This is the way!

 nostr:npub1c878wu04lfqcl5avfy3p5x83ndpvedaxv0dg7pxthakq3jqdyzcs2n8avm   nostr:npub1jk9h2jsa8hjmtm9qlcca942473gnyhuynz5rmgve0dlu6hpeazxqc3lqz7  nostr:npub1mu9wmykl7qx5llk69axd3rvk0hzhdd25jsqtj2hmnzjpn2sxum6s8jjj0t  nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs  nostr:npub12r0yjt8723ey2r035qtklhmdj90f0j6an7xnan8005jl7z5gw80qat9qrx  nostr:npub1ymt2j3n8tesrlr0yhaheem6yyqmmwrr7actslurw6annls6vnrcslapxnz@`MeredithAnne`  nostr:npub1vwymuey3u7mf860ndrkw3r7dz30s0srg6tqmhtjzg7umtm6rn5eq2qzugd  nostr:npub1equrmqway3qxw3dkssymusxkwgwrqypfgeqx0lx9pgjam7gnj4ysaqhkj6  nostr:npub1wkljx5c6a8uccc5etws8ry0y3r4dgavh2dcav0tal4rtmcdl4z2sfu5u0t   nostr:npub1lgyh32q0hslxp9juac9hheqnduz2enqv4ln9ed9schfrcgzeh2sslrhxcq  nostr:npub1dqepr0g4t3ahvnjtnxazvws4rkqjpxl854n29wcew8wph0fmw90qlsmmgt  nostr:npub1xdtducdnjerex88gkg2qk2atsdlqsyxqaag4h05jmcpyspqt30wscmntxy  nostr:npub1el3mgvtdjpfntdkwq446pmprpdv85v6rs85zh7dq9gvy7tgx37xs2kl27r   nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm  nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev  nostr:npub1yx6pjypd4r7qh2gysjhvjd9l2km6hnm4amdnjyjw3467fy05rf0qfp7kza

View the page at https://hivetalk.org/support


The Nikkei is gearing up for a big drop today (their Monday morning). We'll see how it closes, but it's seemingly the largest 2-day drop in Nikkei history given what happened on Friday.

There's a lot of financial plumbing stuff going on currently. As Japan hikes rates from -0.10% to now 0.25%, they're disrupting the global carry trade, where a lot of global capital is borrowed from Japan and elsewhere in Asia and stuffed into U.S. large cap stonks.

Bitcoin caught up.


Even though our account on X was mistakenly suspended for a short while today, it was nice to see that our Nostr account remained ever-present. 💜


Nostr needs more clients with outbox model support.


No outbox, no censorship-resistance

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I’m running out of choices where to move. Seems like Europe is in total chaos and have draconian law against freedom. So minus Madeira or Switzerland! Middle East is on the brink of war. Minus Dubai! LATAM is too far and not developed well. The struggle is real !


Haven't tried it but seems like a smart idea.

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Just after adding our "Nostrize Tip" button to the youtube shorts page, we added it to the youtube video page, too.

https://image.nostr.build/46fd829c8e975879121b6dd72807af50002aca228f9cad4a51139d7b9da32dd1.png

Stay tuned for more updates!

Which platform do you want Nostrize to support next?


You  can get a lot of free stuff, but it takes a lot of time and effort.
This is not true of welfare, and it's why I find it unnatural and stupid.


Bitcoin is a voluntary necessity.


Produce goods and services that people want.

Accept Bitcoin as payment.

Spend earned Bitcoin on goods and services that you want.

Build circular economy. Escape CBDCs and centralised systems of control.

It all starts with you.


"He who only wishes and hopes does not interfere actively with the course of events and with the shaping of his own destiny." —Ludwig von Mises


Twelve words in your head is thine forever. https://image.nostr.build/52dcd8e1b018247274b2c89ef548b9d2b0feb0ff7dc7cf3a53adb1657a25a9e3.jpg


https://stacker.news/items/634427 #bitcoin


What’s trending on Nostrapedia? Nostr devs and various other technical topics, that’s what!

Check it out on brainSToRm.ninja https://i.nostr.build/gmgTPmSf0cINwDqq.jpg


 #Bitaxe v2.1.9 just dropped
https://image.nostr.build/8bca72144d130d57b511d59e4f6c15e275ecf1e140ce7bc27aed8360cd86f9aa.jpg


Bitcoin is such a good test of character.


ARK TO DONATE A FIXED PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE TO OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTORS IN PERPETUITY.

https://cdn.satellite.earth/35a289ecf8a9514cf10cb548246fe6628ca5c9f8b301783ae79344e047c40134.mp4


It works!

https://m.primal.net/JnCM.png

https://mempool.space/testnet4/tx/4cc75745f40007fb87712a1e89c5516cabdf82c84a700323db9c24e0b6271bd1

nostr:note1hxlszfqtsp3h4w6sgjg5fmlstdhd8flx8jjgeqqg2dazf8wstptqxtssnp


#opreturn chancellor on brink of third bailout


lnd working with testnet4.  One thing we never built, but maybe should have, was a testnet for nostr.  Imagine being able to play around with lightning channels, zaps, taproot without paying any fees.  I might fire this up and start some wumbo testnet channels.

https://github.com/Impa10r/lnd


Nostrize demo by @npub1dejts0qlva8mqzjlrxqkc2tmvs2t7elszky5upxaf3jha9qs9m5q605uc4 add zapping functionality to youtube and github

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYyAWFkOIzs


People want to reinvent the wheel, even though they know you'll have an accident doing so. Few. #bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/c90a28c3a73776f187e131062169628b508e4964ae280dca2acffd176dd8c809.jpg


The issue with Twitter is the lack of true "Power Users." Even Elon is limited by the algorithm. Nostr, however, was built to free its users. On Nostr, power users have more freedom and capabilities than Elon on Twitter. Users feel this freedom, experiencing it first-hand.

We need a culture of power users on Nostr, similar to Linux or Ubuntu. It's not there yet, but with time, it can grow. 🚀 #PowerUsers


Revealing a nonce has such a different meaning to it depending on if you’re in the US or UK😂 nostr:note1xl7ynha6sw986nhguhc8h458zz79jdtll8xnnfps3aau92pp4q8qhnjym7


Let's find out what this nostr:nprofile1qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq32amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wdau8gu3wv3jhvtcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgkwaehxw309ajkgetw9ehx7um5wghxcctwvshszxrhwden5te0wfjkccte9e3h2unjv4h8gtnx095j7qgmwaehxw309ahx7um5wghx7unpdenk2urfd3kzuer9wchszxrhwden5te0dehhxarj9enx6apwwa5h5tnzd9az7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwd6x7mn9wghxxmmd9uq3xamnwvaz7tm0venxx6rpd9hzuur4vghsqg8je9kf0ajpnffclpx087njugv5vp0psjqfdeh9zuxvukmk0xw5qqy8p08s   0.8.0-rc1 is all about.
https://image.nostr.build/e4f0e0cfd23bfa4a8ea3095b714f36edd4e11f33e726d40ac0198d9ef17d7432.png


"Many countries stand to gain from Bitcoin’s adoption as it would remove their dependence on the US dollar and provide them with a feasible alternative." —Misir Mahmudov


Bitcoiners are better builders nostr:note18chgnpvcu0xt303z94xz08qjq66m043q6wuznqwfwdkxla824prquq795s


Secure messaging needs to meet these five requirements as much as possible:

1. Anti-Forgery

Anti-Forgery ensures that the sender of a message is verifiable and the message has not been tampered with.

2. End-to-End Encryption

End-to-end encryption ensures that only the sender and receiver can decrypt and read the message content, protecting it from unauthorized access by servers or other network devices.

3. Forward Secrecy

Forward secrecy ensures that even if the current key is compromised, historical messages cannot be decrypted, since each message uses a new encryption key, which is deleted after use.

4. Break-in Recovery

Break-in Recovery ensures that if the current key is compromised, future messages cannot be decrypted, and the system can recover from the attack. This feature is also known as backward secrecy.

5. Metadata Privacy

Protecting the privacy of communication involves more than just protecting the content of messages; it also includes protecting the identities of the communication parties and other data. nostr:note1ma6ja6fc6nd7ux82z3qsx94k4lgcjwpz2jkjw2sf3vt8ptnef5ushmldyj


1/N

Keychat's one-on-one chats meet the five requirements mentioned in the note below.

When designing its group chat features, Keychat prioritizes meeting these same five requirements as much as possible, rather than focusing on supporting a larger number of group members.

Keychat now offers a "small group" feature, which is intended for a limited number of participants.

When a group member sends a message within a small group, they are essentially sending an individual one-on-one message to each participant.

This method simulates a group chat through multiple one-on-one private chats.

Consequently, it almost retains the security features of one-on-one chats and meets the aforementioned five requirements. nostr:note18h4ntc97ce674hrjzqrvn83phc006u8phdx7y977855rflj2n2fqv47v5z


Many smart people get stuck in level 1 and by that they limit their own potential. They turn into the angry guy who's always right but nobody ever listens to them. They lose sight of level 2, thinking that the only important skill is to be smarter than others. Other smart people soon learn to ignore them, because at that level, everybody around you is smart, but some of them are assholes.

It's completely up to you what you become. It's your responsibility, nobody else's.


For all my fellow Rustaceans,

I'm happy to release **Biter** a very fast block iterator rust library.
It might actually be the fastest out there from my benchmarks  and it runs with the node running !

Crate: https://crates.io/crates/biter


2/N

We are currently designing and developing the Medium group. It supports more members than the small group, but at the cost of lacking Break-in Recovery and 50% Metadata Privacy.

Suppose the Medium group consists of three members: Alice, Bob, and Carl, along with a special member, David. Why is David special? Because his identity is shared by Alice, Bob, and Carl, meaning they all share David's private key.

When Alice sends a group message, essentially, Alice is sending a message to David. Bob and Carl, stepping into David’s identity, can receive and decrypt the message.

Similarly, when Bob sends a group message, essentially, Bob is sending a message to David. Alice and Carl, assuming David’s identity, can receive and decrypt the message.

The messages Alice sends to David are still encrypted using the Signal protocol, but since David never replies to Alice, the Medium group messages only utilize the Key Derivation Function (KDF) ratchet of the double ratchet algorithm and not the Diffie-Hellman (DH) ratchet. Thus, the encryption key for Medium group messages is continuously updated, providing Forward Secrecy but not Break-in Recovery.

Moreover, Medium Group messages obscure the sender's identity but not that of the recipients. Hiding the identity of the recipients requires the use of the Diffie-Hellman (DH) ratchet.

If the members of the Medium Group periodically update David by refreshing his public and private keys, they could significantly improve their Break-in Recovery capabilities.


Bitcoin BIP-94 Testnet4 is merged!  We finally have a working testnet for bitcoin.  Innovate!

https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0094.mediawiki


This week's Financial Freedom Report #34 covers stories of financial repression enforced by dictators. For example:

- Venezuela | Maduro Rigs Election to Prolong Regime
- Russia | Introduces New & Repressive Digital Asset Laws
- Ethiopia | Currency Devaluation to Secure IMF Loan

In Bitcoin news, we highlight:

- BitAxe | Mines First Solo Bitcoin Block
- Fedi | Announces Save the Children Collaboration
- Lightning Labs | Releases Taproot Assets on Lightning

All this and more in our latest newsletter here: https://hrf.org/category/financial-freedom/

Subscribe to the newsletter here: http://financialfreedomreport.org


We done guys! BIP testnet4 merged! https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0094.mediawiki #bitcoin


LIVE NOW.

WE GOT SOME OF THE MOST PROLIFIC BITCOIN DEVS IN THE HOUSE. 🫡

https://citadeldispatch.com


You can't even get onto a KYC'd platform in 2 minutes

Setting up an Uncle Jim node for your entire family is already faster than the legacy system

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ZEUS v0.9.0-beta4 is now available for testing.

- Embedded Node: LND v0.18.2-beta
- Graph Sync: optimizations + select server
- LND REST + LNC: Network Info view
- CLNRest: Activity optimizations
- fix: edge case where successful payments marked as failed
- fix: Android: loading of unified invoices
- fix: Android: loading of accounts list + import functionality

v0.9.0 highlights:

- New LSP service: Purchase channels in advance
- HWW / signing device support
- BOLT 12 offers + addresses (CLN)
- Pending HTLCs view
- New camera
- Layout improvements

## Links

Release notes: https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v0.9.0-beta4

Android

Universal APK: https://zeusln.com/zeus-v0.9.0-beta4-universal.apk
arm64-v8a APK: https://zeusln.com/zeus-v0.9.0-beta4-arm64-v8a.apk
Manifest: https://zeusln.com/manifest-v0.9.0-beta4.txt
Manifest Signature: https://zeusln.com/manifest-v0.9.0-beta4.txt.sig

iOS

IPA: https://zeusln.com/zeus-v0.9.0-beta4.ipa
Apple TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/vVnODWoi https://image.nostr.build/edeb64ab0e466c6bc4c5a71c899c897204aefd00ed166ae6fbdfb3f9558ffead.jpg


🚀 NDK 2.10 + ndk-wallet have been released

A new edition of NDK is out: brand new tutorials, a new cache adapter, major performance gainzzz and a brand new NDK extension: ndk-wallet, easily create a nostr-native NIP-60 wallet.

Give your users the power of money that effortlessly follows them around the internet.

Check it out:

https://dev.highlighter.com/pablof7z/NDK-2-10-ndk-wallet-u5m0vi

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https://cdn.satellite.earth/fcb956e75b40a5bfc8c859d8977f37c25f73cc079a16017cbcfcff054a408ac8.png

https://highlighter.com/pablof7z/NDK-2-10-ndk-wallet-u5m0vi


Exactly 22 years ago, nostr:npub1qg8j6gdwpxlntlxlkew7eu283wzx7hmj32esch42hntdpqdgrslqv024kw published the Hashcash whitepaper describing the proof-of-work consensus mechanism, the heart and soul of the #Bitcoin network.

What a legend 🧡🫡 https://image.nostr.build/e40fb4c741a53c85fd3345f6077976af7de6365b79b8c410784e6557e0273ee7.jpg


GM
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Dear Nostriches,

We're thrilled to announce that if you've registered for the conference, your ticket will be issued soon! 🎟 Our devs are deving as hard as possible to ensure you have the best ticketing experience possible.

Keep an eye on your DMs, as your ticket will be arriving shortly!

Stay excited and get ready for an amazing event!

https://m.primal.net/JlUy.png


Highly based nostr:note19e8z757e78tnt497nrhxhezucph2r09u5yx6xjtv7zjp4q4jfpmqvx9dnf


Dammit. https://i.nostr.build/Liy02F4RO28aGRjx.jpg


Paying in #bitcoin at Safari Harlem restaurant is easy – just #zap the Lightning address at the counter and you're done!
https://video.nostr.build/b7f46215c437237635dc1245fd9532e99452048033c27504065fc82f19467dba.mp4


GM, FATF has issued a new report claiming that „Virtual Assets are increasingly used by terrorist groups“.

The only problem: Their statement is directly contradicted in their own report and lacks any corroborating data to back it up, while highlighting that *a lack of data* – particularly for peer-to-peer transactions – remains a main challenge to FATF compliance.

Of course, that doesn’t stop FATF from recommending that all jurisdictions „act rapidly“ to implement the FATF Travel Rule, which requires ‚VASPs‘ and financial institutions to „obtain, hold, and transmit specific originator and beneficiary information immediately and securely when transferring Virtual Assets“ to address the „emerging and increasing risks“ which, again, cannot be corroborated by the report itself.

It is unbelievable that an organization with *such* low standards is being taken seriously at all, never mind allowed to guide the implementation of AML/CFT around the world.

Full Story:

https://www.therage.co/fatf-report-finds-virtual-assets-increasingly-used-by-terrorist-groups/


The npub who maintains the top zap for 24 hours on this post will be zapped the total amount on this post


Bitcoin adoption happens in a viral emergent nature, not a logical nature.


#Hivetalk is fully open source AGPL.

Have a look. Github.com/hivetalk

In case you didnt know, this thing is stable. Come try it out


nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z any way to disable unnecessary junk drafts that being auto saved ? Idk what are the boomers who use it and when I opened I had like tons of notes in there and I assume it can be treated as a spam by some relays ?


You can now run an autct server by just downloading the binary here: https://github.com/AdamISZ/aut-ct/releases/latest and running it with `./autct -M serve -k mycontext:mykesetfile` (or use an example keyset file shown in the worked example), then make RPC calls from Python with no crypto code (just do `pip install autctapi` ... though you'll want to look at the github repo for the example.py script), to prove that your taproot utxo is in the utxo set. The proving takes 5-15 seconds for keysets up to a couple hundred thousand keys, while the verifying is basically instant.

If you did want to use mainnet keys, you can get a daily-updated set of taproot keys from https://hodlboard.org/keysets. This is filtered to be only keys for utxos > 500k sats, and so it's small, about 17MB. You can demonstrate that it works "for real" by funding such a utxo and then trying the prove and verify operations the next day. It's fiddly mainly because most wallets don't support taproot, and those that do don't let you copy the private key. See https://hodlboard.org/proofs for how to get around that.

(Better to generate the keysets yourself of course, but it takes some time to figure that out, detailed instructions in first repo mentioned)


Happy https://UASF.org day!

https://uasf.org/img/DGIluTMVYAAOh-L.jpg


I can't shill nostr:nprofile1qqs83nn04fezvsu89p8xg7axjwye2u67errat3dx2um725fs7qnrqlgpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet5qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2aqpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmq50sn4h  often enough. The idea is fantastic. The app itself is great, and getting better. The curation is excellent, I'm discovering new stuff all the time. And all of it will improve over time. So powerful.


Happy #bitcoin Independence Day


The problem becomes easier if you dont consider the mempool as homogeneous.  You have three tiers, the high fee tier modulated by the nash equilibrium.  The low fee tier modulated by hadware/decentralization balance.  And the middle tier which is competed for by gamblers, other use cases, spammers and so on.

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The Nostr panel was pure signal. nostr:note14xncrj2u66uhyf708thtv86lc4ca7clyml8rl8lmhge4yh4t02cs3x2x3a


Are you a Nostr dev that's attending Nostriga? I'm looking for a co-host for the Tutorial on Data Vending Machines workshop I've proposed at nostr:npub1nstrcu63lzpjkz94djajuz2evrgu2psd66cwgc0gz0c0qazezx0q9urg5l  #Nostriga

While fully prepared to lead this myself, it will be more fun to work with someone. What I'm looking for in a co-host:

1. provide feedback on the tutorial slides and exercises (sometime in mid-august)
2. willingness to learn about DVMs and play with them prior to the event (if you don't already have experience)
3. help answer questions about DVMs during the workshop


Do you want to know about how this fucked world works?
Read the Lux pills updated post by mo and thank me later
https://stacker.news/items/629450


Come join us tomorrow at 𝕏 Spaces with  nostr:npub1t8a7uumfmam38kal4xaakzyjccht4y5jxfs4cmlj0p768pxtwu8skh56yu  nostr:npub1dnzzyhmewrzkh862z7z2shwmhh5htx0rvkagepj2fkgst9ptwg3qj4x52h  nostr:npub1xv8mzscll8vvy5rsdw7dcqtd2j268a6yupr6gzqh86f2ulhy9kkqmclk3x 🎧

https://m.primal.net/JkFT.png

And naturally, in the following weeks you can also meet us at  nostr:npub1c0rnyyhmdnvg6xkvrrmgf8rxp3r28jtjhad8vmze8rgxf87aed7qlltlvg  nostr:npub1jfujw6llhq7wuvu5detycdsq5v5yqf56sgrdq8wlgrryx2a2p09svwm0gx  nostr:npub1z0lcg9p2v5nzg5fycxq0k56ze6snp42clmrafzqpn5w6u74v5x9q708ldk #NostrNests! 😉   🔥

⏰ Thursday, 4 PM UTC

https://x.com/i/spaces/1RDGlyXDlnqJL/


First up, I want to recognize that this is an uncomfortable topic!  Bitcoin is inevitably changing towards user-pays, and that's not all positive.  But facts we don't like are still facts: can't engineer a solution if we can't think about the problems.

There are three kinds of bitcoiners.
A. Those who can afford any fee.
B. Those who can afford a UTXO, but not often.
C. Those who can't afford a UTXO.

Nobody worries about the A group (and in the early days, that was everyone).  Obviously Lightning (my area!) caters to the B group, and we want it to be as large as possible.  To do this we can (1) make lightning as resiliant as we can so onchain spends are rare, (2) make bitcoin as efficient as possible so we can cram as much as we can into what we have.

(1) Making lightning more resilient and reliable is engineering.  Lots of people working on this, even before we get soft-forks which could help further.

(2) More efficiency has two benefits: obviously if your own onchain spends are 20% smaller, that's 20% cheaper.  But if *everyone's* onchain spends are 20% smaller, that means fees are lower *for everyone* too (and it's non-linear).  So we really care about all Bitcoin usage!  Some things are obvious wins: Taproot so you can avoid even putting the script onchain in many cases, FROST so you can cram your 2 of 3 or other scheme into a single key and signature.  We know we want to get more aggressive with sharing one signature across multiple inputs (Cross Input Signature Aggregation), but that needs a lot more research, and a soft-fork.

But even with all these, the math is clear: some people, even if you somehow gave them their wealth in a UTXO, it couldn't afford its own fees to spend.  The C group is real.  Spoiler alert: we don't have an answer for this!  But let's look at some approaches people have tried.

Firstly, there are attempts to move these people into the B group: give them long enough that maybe fees will reach a point they can afford.  This seems unlikely to me:
1. As fees increase everyone will start doing the work to take advantage of low fee times, and that itself means that low-fee times won't be so low.
2. These schemes tend to increase onchain footprints, so they need fees to drop a lot to overcome that (typical is 2x the transaction size, so you need fees to halve to gain anything).
3. If you really can't afford the fee, you probably also can't afford to wait.
4. You still haven't actually dealt with those who really, really can't afford the fees.  Ever.

Another suggestion is that someone (e.g. a lightning service provider) will lock up funds which would cover fees, in case something goes wrong.  This doesn't work economically, because nobody is paying $100 for a $5 user (not at scale), but it doesn't even work mathematically: the reason some people will have small UTXOs is because there are not enough sats for 10 billion people with any realistic distribution.

There are two basic approaches left:
1. Group people, so they fall into the B category (i.e. onchain tx is possible, but expensive).
2. Trust someone, but rely on incentives.

1. Grouping people is possible, but they need to work together if somenthing goes wrong.  So grouping inside a community is probably better than grouping with randos.

For example, there are various tree-of-transaction schemes where you go onchain only if the coordinator fails/goes rogue, and how much it costs you depends on whether anyone near you in the tree pays to get themselves out.  These are basically free if nothing goes wrong (one UTXO required for thousands of users!).  But this is subject to ghettoization, where the coordinator makes sure all the C people are grouped together, knowing none of them can afford the transactions they need to get their funds back.  It's particularly bad because the coordinator can insert its own fake "whales" to make it look like it's not ghettoized.

You can play with incentives here, too: more research needed.  The details matter!

2. Relying on incentives.

As a simple example, lightning-connected e-cash mints.  They can't rug individuals very easily, they have to rug everyone together (or go fractional and rug the last ones to exit).   Maybe with enough anonymity and reputation, these would be Good Enough.

More ambitious would be a single UTXO held for multiple people by a coordinator.   Can we make it so that if a coordinator is dishonest, you can force them to burn your funds?  Maybe burn more than your funds (ie. a bond)?  Won't get your money, but it aligns incentives so they're not motivated to rug you.  The details here really matter!

There's a cute scheme which has been proposed where the coordinator pays a temporary bond, and asserts that they actually have everyone's signature to transfer the funds.  If nobody challenges within a week, they get the bond back and the funds move.  If someone challenges, all the signatures are put onchain, and if they're not all valid, the bond gets half-burned and half-given to the (successful) challenger.  This is hard to make work, though.  Someone needs to get the money to challenge (hard if you don't have the money in the first place, plus it's hard to prove to someone you *didn't* sign something!), and then make sure nobody gets the challenge bond before them (in particular, a dishonest coordinator, seeing the game is up, completes the successful challenge *themselves* and gets half their bond back), and make sure someone can't grief and delay the settlement indefinitely or bankrupt the coordinator.

More research needed, here, too.

Summary

A longer post than I had expected to write.  And it's buried in the middle of a thread nobody will read.  (I do this sometimes.  I suck at marketing I guess!)

Sub-fee bitcoin amounts will have tradeoffs, involving trusting someone who has more money than you (at least, in someone's competence, even if their *financial* incentives can be made to match yours).  This is difficult to build well, and not a very exciting thing to build today, so it hasn't really happened (custodial things are much, much easier!).

This is also a key reason I believe we need to make Bitcoin more expressive: if we can do *more* with our own UTXOs, we can build better solutions.  And by "we" I mean "someone smarter than me" of course!

Feedback welcome!


Keychat encourages users to use as many trusted Cashu mints as possible.

Users can add an unlimited number of Cashu mints on Keychat.

Keychat encourages relays to accept as many trusted Cashu mints as possible. https://image.nostr.build/0374908ee73c47ceddbd71fca2205ba9d917fd04016f008546c8fc1d5831d0e3.jpg  nostr:note1qxcac8kfk0jjr8anv5scmr7m38ukszuw8gjuu3ye7redrfwws8cqs464fz


While there are "Bitcoiners" supporting political speeches disguised as politicians or inviting them to gain some future lobbying for their company.

Cypherpunks continue to write open, decentralized and private code.

Choose the right side of history. #bitcoin #nostr


Is there a more up-to-date version of this? Or someone who actively maintains a client comparison thing? https://github.com/vishalxl/Nostr-Clients-Features-List


Sometimes I run into a tech guy on Twitter, who talks about how cypherpunk he is.

I’m just a financial analyst and investor, so that’s cool to hear. The more cypherpunks, the better. I like to fund cypherpunks.

But then I look around, and he’s not active on Nostr for over a year. He’s only active on centralized social media.

So then I am confused at how supposedly cypherpunk he is. Is he really that reliant on centralized media? Often, it turns out yes. If not, what other cryptographic proof does he have for his work?

As Nostr increasingly gains network adoption, it becomes weirder when I analyze why someone who is techie is highly active on Twitter but not at all on Nostr.


Demo from Nashville.... Going from 0 to a shared Lightning Node in 2 minutes

Paste one line into an old laptop or small VPS, and connect anyone you know to it instantly

Nostr based accounts completely eliminate the fussy networking

Automatic channels from top LSP's

https://m.primal.net/JjYS.mp4


We sat down with Bitcoin Mentor co-founder Mike Cook to discuss:

• The evolution of Bitcoin education throughout the years.

• The importance of one-on-one mentorship to foster new waves of adoption.

Watch this conversation with Mike on YouTube ⬇

https://youtu.be/IqGH5YH8-EY?si=iB0AqfteZ4w5rJ3S


✔ Free.
✔ Open-Source.
✔ Self-Custodial.

The Breez SDK 👉 https://breez.technology/sdk

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How are your #NOSTRiga talk submissions going?

Have you also voted?

Check out all the submissions and makes sure yours is in there before 23:59 UTC July 30th!

https://github.com/nostrworld/nostriga/issues


Nostr is censorship-resistent, not censorship-proof.  It doesnt mean you are allowed to do bad things, spam, or break the law.  You can be blocked.  It is just requires more effort.


#AskNostr

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🚀PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT🚀

Bringin is partnering with OPAGO POS terminals to provide off-ramping solutions to their clients. ⚡

Merchants using nostr:npub1kwacf2fhd6luun8793crnrv60mgc888z5dygazn3jy2g33uzkrlq4zgz5e  will not only be able to accept bitcoin payments, but can receive a portion or all of it as Euros in their bank accounts.

More details about the partnership in the link below 👇
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How many hours a person in USA needs to work to buy a house:
- 1950: 4,400 hours
- 1970: 12,000 hours
- 1990: 21,000 hours
- 2010: 21,000 hours
- 2024: 33,000 hours


DVM ecosystem just got an upgrade with proofs for DVM output; also nostr_sdk rocks

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👀
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Thinking of starting a bitcoin media publication side project for more technical and industry topics.

Are you a very entrepreneurial Editor interesting in running such thing?

Example Topics; New products, New services, Bitcoin Software digests, Understanding new technology releases, New Hardware developments in security/mining/etc..., Memepool analysis, Privacy technology review. Things that people who want a bit more substance want to read. Definitely a small overlap, but It will never be as broad and as consumed as Bitcoin Magazine. They are playing at a different level.

I'm thinking more of a polite, utilitarian and closeted cypherpunk vibe. Not interested in emotional response. Don't worry i can probably find a good domain. Willing to provide many resources. Maybe could be a profitable non-profit type thing. So we can fold in profit to make it bigger better.

Our industry has grown alot, so there is probably a opening for an industry publication.


👀

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🎉 NEW SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT! 🎉

Podcaster, amazing developer, and pesto maker  nostr:npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p will be live at Nostriga! Sadly, he won't be selling any sauces, but he'll definitely add tons of flavor to our stage! 🍝

Make sure to reserve your spot!
🎟https://tally.so/r/wbdMlL

See you there! 🚀

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Video previews are now shown properly on your nostr websites:

https://image.nostr.build/66186fb620bb43a7b9daa8d95e295196b97b7d01fe52f30e71e4bb0b43be6b63.jpg


Wikipedia's article on Lightning is so thin.

Like imagine you were to write about use cases for Lightning, and this is what you decide to write:

https://m.primal.net/JhbE.png


Integrate Mempool Accelerator™ into your app or website today.

Pay for each acceleration using lightning with the public API, or pay using Mempool Accelerator™ Pro account credit using the authenticated API.

https://mempool.space/docs/api/rest#accelerator-get-invoice


My old highschool buddy wants to organize a meetup for me to come talk to our mutual friends about Bitcoin.

Shes asking if I have any info ad graphics or bullet points she could use to generate interest.

Anyone ever made anything like this up before or gave any resources?


Crazy that even in 2024 most mainstream "tech reporters" still think bitcoin isn't tied to anything "just like the dollar".

We are so early.


For free substibers: how apprenticeships worked, building without soul, fiat academia's aversion to risk and more!

For paid subscribers: protonwallet, yubikey seed storage, channel recommendation bot, Trump"s speech and more!

Bitcoin Tech Talk #407

https://jimmysong.substack.com/p/bitcoin-tech-talk-407


Bitcoiners we are Unstoppable ⚡

#Bitcoin #Nostr #Plebchain #Zap

https://m.primal.net/JhvT.jpg


✅⬇ nostr:note1pyemsagay7ph43vf76m568x32r078r9ctrgvc4nya064mj2pqlxskq83s3


Over the next 4 years nostr will need next generation clients with new features such as:

- key rotation
- login with legacy networks
- personal storage
- instant messenger with perfect forward privacy
- built in wallets w/ advanced features
- streaming payments
- AI run locally and remotely for sats inc. virt. assistants
- full client customization
- single sign-on to micro apps, and existing web apps
- widgets and micro apps within notes
- music, video, entertainment as first class within notes
- games
- productivity and integration tools, calendar, alerts
- full nostr operating system, inc. runnable on a phone

First gen clients can optionally pick the features they want to add, but none should be mandatory.  Maybe not every feature can be achieved, but I think most can.


If you want to take a little creative liberty with the wording maybe something like this, but either way it’s good 😂🤙

https://m.primal.net/JfWQ.jpg


In no one moment politics speak abolish taxes or central banks. Yes, #Bitcoin is for enemies, but this not means I’ll stay applauding his hypocrisies and lies.


The Bitcoin 2024 livestream chose to not show the Nostr panel. Yikes.
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huh

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Wow Giovanni aka fiatjaf just unilaterally added a link to his spyware site to the nostr protocol.  If one person can just do this to the protocol, in his own interests, and against the interests of the users, we have a big problem.

https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr/commit/7653d4799625cfab75ccc0da120294d733eecfd1


"Bitcoin is a way to start and fight a political revolution without shooting any bullet and without casting any vote." —Giacomo Zucco


@fiatjaf the notes below.  Thanks for the chat out-of-band and explaining a few things to me.  I now realize that putting the tracking software on those sites was not your idea.  I would like to apologize for assuming that.  That being the case, it's less of an issue.  Though I am still against it.  Thanks for taking the time to explain.


👀
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We all need to be very aware that what  nostr:npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9 is describing here is not some distant dystopian future. It's our dystopian reality.

In May, Elliptic, together with researchers from MIT and IBM, developed a dataset to identify "the shape of money laundering" on the blockchain.

This dataset attempts to predict money laundering activity that has "not yet been labeled" by distinguishing between what the dataset defines as "anomalous signatures" and Bitcoin transfers between "licit services".

Falling out of these clusters deemed normal by intelligence financed corporations already leaves you penalized. Avoid KYC services? Flagged. Can't tie your transactions to a bank account? Flagged. Frequent user of coinjoins? Flagged.

You are already being debanked because a computer program has decided that you are a money launderer – not because you did something illegal, but because your transactions are deemed abnormal – and you have no legal recourse as suspicious activity reports swear financial institutions to absolute secrecy.

It's the full on criminalization of privacy in finance. The future is here, and it's Orwellian.

https://m.primal.net/JgAW.mp4


Some people have already put their Keychat ID in their Damus profile. It's best not to use your primary Keychat ID for this; using a secondary ID would be better.

This is one of the advantages of being able to use multiple Keychat IDs simultaneously.


I propose to add “ 💩 “ to the #shitcoin hashtag 😁 Who is in?


Keychat uses a seed phrase instead of an nsec. Later, users only need to save one seed phrase to have multiple IDs. At the same time, this seed phrase also serves as the user's cashu wallet seed phrase. https://image.nostr.build/e331e408b251c5c29ed40fdcc913cbe05db5e025c38b502ea2cc249a15a254ed.jpg


My parsing is now available as rust library, could be used by client devs for example.

https://crates.io/crates/untrack


how many banking panels can a conference have?? that was painful being in the green room listening to banksters


Random thought. What if we built Nostr clients that called public keys as usernames and private keys as passwords. They just need to be guided by the client to store that information in a secure place. That could be an easier onboarding experience for anyone who isn’t tech literate, or has little to no knowledge about public-key cryptography, decentralization, etc. They just want to use an app that solves some problem that they have in a familiar way, without needing to relearn their entire web or app browsing experience that they’ve been used to their entire life.


Did you hear about the recently launched nostr:npub1tt77ckayp4xqgausz72saygxx2574xht9lfm7ftmw40kcttrr0sswmz8a9 ?

Lendasat lets you take instant loans to pay Lightning invoices, so you don't need to sell your #bitcoin.

It's a non-custodial protocol powered by DLCs on Ark.

nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 discussed the project with nostr:npub16fhh3ev4gytmt3jn3gkkez9z99kxtspcwupen4cxn2tcym4sd22surn62p in BR071.
https://m.primal.net/JdjN.mov


“Bitcoin conference” 🤡 #bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/618f346969c57a47f1e6c716503ed1eb22a49d61bda6244fb72e7b9296b64244.jpg


Who's going to be in nostr:nprofile1qqsfc93uwdgl3qetpz6kewewp9vkp5w9qcxadv8yv85p8u8sw3v3r8sprdmhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8xetdd9ek7mpwv3jhvqgewaehxw309ac82unpwe5kgcfwdehhxarj9ekxzmnyqy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hsrce5ph?

Thinking of submitting a "Sign your apps" workshop for developers who want to start self-signing their apps on nostr.

We could explore the (upcoming) dev signing tool and its options, publish CLI and Android apps, and go over the NIPs that power all this.


Imagine how fool you are to support this shitshow 🤡 shitcoin magazine is the enemy
https://nostrcheck.me/media/1577e4599dd10c863498fe3c20bd82aafaf829a595ce83c5cf8ac3463531b09b/97b93414fe67e115fdf01551f4000537bf5eb333832ec10bf8c62b68ecb91646.webp


Bitcoin 2024 Nashville - Industry Day Livestream

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-2024-nashville-industry-day/


FU money block mined on a #BitAxe, what a legend, first you plugin, then you hash down, submit proofs and then you Lambo or Rari

Congrats to this absolute legend, just straight up solo mining like a legend

https://d-central.tech/historic-moment-for-bitcoin-mining-the-first-pleb-fu-block-mined-by-a-bitaxe/


Stay humble https://image.nostr.build/66d11eeffa1f9f6c2c25c8830851c43e60fc8bc93cab675d20b246dd99cce204.jpg


Damus. Everywhere. The fastest native, customizable nostr experience, for all platforms.

Join the Damus Notedeck waitlist today!

Come try out the pre-alpha version at our booth in Nashville at bitcoin2024!

https://damus.io/notedeck/

https://damus.io/notedeck/notedeck-hero.png


It's official, the first bitaxe found a block today!!!!!!!!

00000000000000000000f0235e50becc0b3bc91231e236f67736d64b1813704b

https://image.nostr.build/d55141a834c70b151fd4213ce135d602873528dfa58ab4e6b27db6c8861f8255.png


Welcome to the new Era in Bitcoin Mining ⛏ nostr:note1mxp6s2pckhkxux3unvtgcft0kwv0rgu5f0ppz9cvaztxnggnu20sf2wuak


https://solo.ckpool.org/users/bc1qk4czgwtfhxwfd9r696kzledtmlu8yukdzpzn3u nostr:note1rpuy7rc7d7wyzh9shwsjan0p3a2k8f6nsyj63znh6l7s8galmjes6rf7hr


Few nostr:note1mmrtrvfrjn6zldug7uwn90a5t0fnh659usmf98ug4lkmqscwakdsyh7cf8


Yes, there is a chance Proton Wallet is a honeypot.

Let's assume it is one: We are not their target audience. People who know no better already live in a honey pot. An opportunity to expose a taste of freedom tech to 100M+ users, shitcoin-free? That's massive. Most of them won't fall into the rabbit hole, but some of them will. Net positive.

Just like our life paths are all different, our ways to understand bitcoin are too.


Made it into nobs

It's gonna be a great week

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/statechainjs-demo/


With Proton's plans to build a Whirlpool client, it seems obvious that their decision on whether or not to follow through will hinge on the outcome of the Samourai Wallet trial – But the Tornado Cash trial is arguably much more important to Proton's potential coinjoin plans.

Samourai Wallet stands accused of conspiracy to money laundering – in part thanks to their rather entertaining Twitter posts – and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money service business – mainly pertaining to the operation of the Whirlpool coinjoin coordinator.

This should effectively only minimally influence Proton's decision on whether or not to build a Whirlpool client, as a client and a coordinator are technically different things, and obviously you can't just be arrested for writing a user interface... or can you?

One of the main arguments made in the Tornado Cash trial is that TC maintained a User Interface that enabled people to access the Tornado Cash protocol. In the Tornado Cash trial, the prosecution is deliberately attempting to equate control over a UI to control over the software itself, trying to paint the development of UIs for privacy software as a conspiracy to commit multiple alleged felonies.

These allegations stem directly from FATF recommendations, which attempt to classify anyone as a money transmitter who is "a central party with some measure of involvement of control," such as "developing user interfaces for accounts holding an administrative "key".

If Roman Storm and Roman Semenov are found guilty of conspiracy to money laundering, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed MSB, and conspiracy to commit sanctions violations in the US on the basis of the prosecution's claims, then *anyone* building user interfaces for self-custodial privacy software could be next – including Proton if a Whirlpool client is built.

Learn more about how your rights are at risk in the Tornado Cash trial, see both cases from a FATF perspective, and consider donating to Roman Storm's defense (in ETH) (dumb comments on shitcoins will be ignored as this is not the time for your retarded tribalism):

https://juicebox.money/@defend-roman-storm
https://www.therage.co/why-your-rights-are-at-stake-in-the-tornado-cash-trial/
https://www.therage.co/meet-fatf-the-financial-bullies-memberclub/


🤡

nostr:note1h3ce8f6gvmlk4espfcedkeemu4yqjlgen585e0xt4qy005wr2qjqwf3rkf
https://m.primal.net/Jcip.jpg


This is the way  nostr:npub18q57qr3t07qljnapzqldaqa7ru2qwfpfnjdrwvhk327n3sc82f0qqwrs6f

https://m.primal.net/Jcji.png


I remember helping to organize the first bitcoin conference.  Nobody was LARPing, but some German guy did literally ask who was going to build the roads.  No one had an answer back then.  Looking forward to the return of sanity.


Exit the EU https://m.primal.net/JcVm.png


I've been spending too much time on x lately, and I've noticed that the posts there have become overwhelmingly negative. Constantly seeing that kind of content isn't good for my mental health.

That's why I've decided I'm going to start spending more time on nostr instead. I want to fill my mind with more positive and uplifting content. Nostr feels like a healthier space where I can interact with people and discover new ideas without all the negativity.

It's important to be selective about the online spaces we inhabit and the information we consume. Protecting our mental wellbeing should be a priority. I'm looking forward to a more positive online experience on nostr.


Imagine you had to verify your social media profiles in order to get a bank account. This is what the world's biggest banks are proposing in order to combat the complete ineffectiveness of their own AML programs as found in a statement by the AML/CFT consortium Wolfsberg Group.

Full story: https://www.therage.co/banks-aml-inefficient-access-to-social-media/


Recent Observation: Small Acinq channels sub 1M , only allow invoices through that are less than 100k sats,  if you have only 1 channel, to say a small node.  Anyone else?  Interesting curiosity.

 #lighting #acinq


If you’re interested in listening to a workshop on how to build Nostr apps on Apple platforms, upvote this talk with a 👍
https://github.com/nostrworld/nostriga/issues/9 nostr:note1e8nmsu4kc9mt9gu2tmp3uszlqq4p0htpn09p4gjs2546qk9zxy0qp768nz


❤

nostr:note1rj9l5c2pfqsfdug6wepzdacjamtfy7zejxx3fv3upt8jstawzgeqju67vm


Nostr seems way more active this last couple weeks.


Why The Llama 3.1 Announcement Is Huge

https://timkellogg.me/blog/2024/07/23/llama-3.1


https://github.com/fiatjaf/nak now accepts human-readable date inputs to --ts, --since and --until:

~> nak event -ts 'two weeks ago' -c 'I bet Trump will dodge a bullet one of these days'
~> nak req -k 1 --since 'a month ago' --until 'July 1st'

Also it will automatically use a private key from NOSTR_PRIVATE_KEY if that is available in your environment, thanks to nostr:npub10npj3gydmv40m70ehemmal6vsdyfl7tewgvz043g54p0x23y0s8qzztl5h and nostr:npub1937vv2nf06360qn9y8el6d8sevnndy7tuh5nzre4gj05xc32tnwqauhaj6.


Damn! The majority are custodial wallets :/
https://nostrcheck.me/media/1577e4599dd10c863498fe3c20bd82aafaf829a595ce83c5cf8ac3463531b09b/a1fa7a42d6aabb24f4d9edd90a6eebe6474361bbb48092df94a888f0e58a391a.webp


Well done 🫡 nostr:note1f3jnuts89mndzhu4m9qc48ezyn0g6yj2p5alkgqujazvn870p7nsefqd2f


"Nostr is the simplest open protocol that is able to create a censorship-resistant global 'social' network once and for all."
  —  nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6
https://opensats.org/blog/fiatjaf-receives-lts-grant


👀 nostr:note1eu0pyklezwkysyeelnhmfvgnuj7emgwvr3cl9sax4npc6kus77cqzsn396


After several weeks of persistent effort, I'm excited to share Nostr Web Services (NWS).

NWS makes your web service reachable without having a publicly accessible IP address or DNS. All you need is an npub and a set of Nostr relays. A wide range of existing services could be run on NWS without requiring any significant changes. NWS achieves this by establishing a TCP connection between client and server which can be used by these applications.

Please keep in mind, that the software is in a very early state and not even released yet.

https://github.com/asmogo/nws


Some people rebuild the Internet. Some people trade JPEGs.


For those impacted by the Swan news, I’m sorry. Layoffs suck when you did nothing don’t.

But, Spiral is still hiring for LDK engineer(s) as well as the “wizard” role!

apply@spiral.xyz


Yes, we already announced a wave of grants in July. Yes, this is another one. There's no stopping this nutty train! 🌊🥜⚡
https://opensats.org/blog/bitcoin-grants-july-2024-6th-wave


This was thing more smart that I saw today ✍🎯 nostr:note1tzyuvkefzs88x73lmvqvw978zmuc7dvtp59q55n8ja38apztqddsxmjr5r


There are only few #bitcoin companies in this industry that consider things seriously and have long term vision with a decent cash inflows that can sustain their business ! The rest is unstable, shaky and unpredictable that obviously will come and go during the different cycles. Unfortunately, in the fiat world you still have more opportunities.


73 people laid off at swan just before the bull ? 🤔

what happened besides the mining venture shuttering?


Swan management once again about to try and blame their failings on another entity.


If you like Nostr & LNURL this is gonna blow your mind.

https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/what-is-dns/


running statechainjs
https://cdn.satellite.earth/06a6f78b364116251bf5f2e61fbb17e77988f06ef8a9cf824ba225c90fd22c9c.png


Raise money doesn’t mean your valuation is “enough” nostr:note1leugr38xmjvp5lm3cf4y6ncdde2m32nhjunfuc06mvezltwsgqwqjaeqxh


how many “#Bitcoin companies” have 8+ figure valuation and are literally pre or negative revenue?

just because you can raise doesn’t mean you should 🤷♂


I do not understand this habit that many bitcoiners have of responding every time, for example, Elon Musk tweets some idea to recommend Bitcoin to him.

This is very annoying, this is the same thing Monero boys do to bitcoiners.

Don't do this, you have to reach bitcoin not bitcoin to you.


My X account got suspended. I am not told what post(s) or action(s) caused this.

I had over 10k followers.

Necessity is the mother of migration.


Gm!!

✨Today’s a good day, a very good day, to grab your physical copy of the
✨2nd Edition of my book at TheSimplestBitcoinBook.net
✨ Including a brand new section on n*str 💜
✨And all updated data and charts and resource section!

🔥Special offer: 20% off the first 50 orders! 🔥 https://i.nostr.build/8ByPoic66M8yJPiB.jpg https://i.nostr.build/qDYmmIPK280qY2T5.jpg https://i.nostr.build/CpjpR4Sm9driXX3F.jpg


When a node receives a block, it checks the signatures of every transaction in it against previous transactions in blocks. Blocks can only contain transactions that depend on valid transactions in previous blocks or the same block. Transaction C could depend on transaction B in the same block and B depends on transaction A in an earlier block.


When NPM package for Silent Payments?

#bitcoin


Many are only becoming aware of the importance of decentralization now, which is not necessarily a serious mistake, as long as they make a decision from it!

Each person has a time of learning and maturation, which explains a lot, the growth in the number of users of the #nostr protocols in recent times!

I’m happy about that! And it’s just the beginning... nostr:note1jknld2ea5gpzjcpxerdujjecyqnyrcyl9yhr5vsg8rzg63ydv0gssz3wkn


If you have your profile in one social media like X, Facebook, Instagram. You still don’t understand about decentralization. Few. #nostr


Gentle reminder: cashu.me supports nostr wallet connect (NWC).

Settings -> Link Wallet -> Enable Nostr Wallet Connect -> copy that thang and paste it in your nostr client

You need to keep the wallet open in the background to zap. I've been zapping like this from my nut stash for the last few months.
 https://image.nostr.build/66a83456a20c730970ae6298ec5443eea44729a660465fe4700fbb0a51833bd4.jpg


I sometimes react to posts (and/or zap them) and 5min later I can't find them again.


Probably the craziest week in Open Source AI (yet):

1. Mistral (in collaboration with Nvidia) dropped Apache 2.0 licensed NeMo 12B LLM, better than L3 8B and Gemma 2 9B. Models are multilingual with 128K context and a highly efficient tokenizer - tekken.

2. Apple released DCLM 7B - truly open source LLM, based on OpenELM, trained on 2.5T tokens with 63.72 MMLU (better than Mistral 7B)

3. HF shared SmolLM - 135M, 360M, & 1.7B Smol LMs capable of running directly in the browser; they beat Qwen 1.5B, Phi 1.5B and more. Trained on just 650B tokens.

4. Groq put out Llama 3 8B & 70B tool use & function calling model checkpoints - achieves 90.76% accuracy on Berkely Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL).  Excels at API usage & structured data manipulation!

5.  Salesforce released xLAM 1.35B & 7B Large Action Models along with 60K instruction fine-tuning dataset. The 7B model scores 88.24% on BFCL & 2B 78.94%

6. Deepseek changed the game with  v2 chat 0628 - The best open LLM on LYMSYS arena right now - 236B parameter model with 21B active parameters. It also excels at coding (rank #3) and arena hard problems (rank #3)

There's a lot more; Arcee (mergekit) released a series of LLMs, each better than the other, and Numina and HF Numina 72B (based on Qwen 2) and Math datasets, Mixbread with embedding models (english + german) and a lot more!

It's fun to see so many releases next week with L3 405B


👀
nostr:nevent1qqsw5z96khe3s9vjcq7jhc5yz94z3yv6l42gk5urjdrcqvkst5mg3lqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtczyr08ang799m2dtdjl7jlfkup5lvp9j9mv6v25qxu78nk4k64alty2qcyqqqqqqg2a303d


I got a couple comments today on Twitter saying “Nostr needs a killer app.”

Bro the killer app is that you can’t get banned.

nostr:note1xluztyryvvfmwfkx8k8zm68lc2e7q5putgjkyj8hrh0tmvm8egvqy24659


We are entering a new era. #Bitcoin ⚡

#Nostr #Plebchain #Zap

https://m.primal.net/JZxA.jpg


We used to have coinjoin transactions in practically every block. They were trending upwards, we were trending towards most of the block being coinjoin. Now it's rare to see even one small coinjoin transaction. This is SAD!

https://image.nostr.build/0e7b18a455b7fb88a3a8d2d4fd802bae146d72d33aa915361c1df040d913b6a1.jpg


#bitcoin won
https://m.primal.net/JZPr.jpg


There are decades where nothing happens

and there are weeks where decades happen.

Brace yourselves. #Bitcoin


💆 https://image.nostr.build/eb1fb8cac1dd10b02ad739afb2a3090dfb268ca7b9ac94a032845924ff66ef21.jpg


If you sold #bitcoin recently because the German government did, this is where it went. There is a finite amount left that won't end up in the hands of institutions. Stop thinking in dollars!
https://image.nostr.build/29c0e07d310e476b93a1e3880805efaa0091ed4c0234bcf0e9d9cf8f22a6541a.jpg


There's so much potential to build innovative products on top of #nostr that I can't even fully envision where we're heading! Think bigger and don't just focus on replacing centralized social media. No limits !


BUILD STRONG FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

HELP YOUR NEIGHBOR.

LEAD BY EXAMPLE. 🫡


ZEUS v0.9.0-beta3 is now available for testing.

This build includes:

- CLNRest: new config QR code format
- CLNRest: backend fix for paid invoices

Our LSPS1 web portal, which allows users to purchase channels for any node, is now open to everyone! https://lsps1.olympusln.com/

Other v0.9.0 features:

- New LSP service: Purchase channels in advance
- Hardware wallet / signing device support
- BOLT 12 offers + addresses (CLN only)
- Pending HTLCs view
- New camera
- Layout + navigation improvements

## Links

Release notes: https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v0.9.0-beta3

Android

Universal APK: https://zeusln.com/zeus-v0.9.0-beta3-universal.apk
arm64-v8a APK: https://zeusln.com/zeus-v0.9.0-beta3-arm64-v8a.apk
Manifest: https://zeusln.com/manifest-v0.9.0-beta3.txt
Manifest Signature: https://zeusln.com/manifest-v0.9.0-beta3.txt.sig

iOS

IPA: https://zeusln.com/zeus-v0.9.0-beta3.ipa
Apple TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/vVnODWoi https://image.nostr.build/88777fd9a21fdcddc6509d6dae62f02cc85168250c2671fa245b3c719f4cf9fd.jpg


Learning something from first principles and really internalizing that knowledge is one of life's great joys.


i frequently imagine satoshi sitting back somewhere and laughing at it all


These details should tell you that if you consider these types of groups (sophisticated adversaries with limitless physical access) as a part of your threat model, then you should:

- Use the most recent phone you possibly can

- Upgrade your phone to the newest possible generation as soon as possible after release if you can help it.

- Use the latest version of GrapheneOS ASAP. Do not delay.

- Use a strong, high entropy passphrase to make bruteforcing the device credential impossible if secure element is ever exploited.

- Set GrapheneOS auto reboot time accordingly so encrypted data goes back at rest when the phone reboots, which makes AFU exploitation impossible. The lower the better.

- Enable duress password. Set it to something easy to trigger but not easy to misfire.

- Turn your phone off in a high risk situation, and trigger duress when in a duress situation.

- Disable your radios when not using them (turn off Wi-Fi, use airplane mode, disable NFC, UWB etc.) for attack surface reduction.

- Set an appropriate USB port control or disable the USB port so they aren't able to connect a device to it.

- Use user profiles (application data and user files within profiles are stored encrypted with separate credentials).

- Enable upcoming GrapheneOS security features like second factor authentication unlock when they come out.

- Communicate only over secure messaging. Some apps like Molly (Signal fork) have features to encrypt the app storage with a passphrase, which access to that app's data impossible even when a profile is compromised  providing the passphrase is secure enough.

- Become disassociated to data. Learn to only keep files or other data as long as it is necessary. If you have no use for them for a long time, then back it up elsewhere, encrypted. Delete anything you don't have a use for in the present. Your data is not your memories.

- Remember that you are only as secure as the people you trust. If they do not meet your safety or security requirements, don't enable them to do things that could cause trouble.

nostr:nevent1qqs8uxurjncnpj8uyzqy5gd3lyevzd8u92xhk2xe9fdln5y03hgwrwgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzvuhsygxptfdxtxrw026pxn0w82u9y4x6t3w5kp883d83djpgxuvj6d23s5psgqqqqqqsgwaf3p


successfully established an SSH session over NWS

🥵

https://m.primal.net/JXcb.png


"Bitcoin is the great motivator for society." —Optimist Fields


Bitcoin Optech #312: Distributed Key Generation Protocol for FROST

This issue describes a distributed key generation protocol for the FROST scriptless threshold signature scheme and links to a comprehensive introduction to cluster linearization.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-optech-312/


Thank you for your ongoing contributions,  nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn. Happy to support you for the long term 🫡
https://opensats.org/blog/hodlbod-receives-lts-grant


Congratulations, to my friend hodlbod. You deserve this.

God Bless you, your work, nostr, and what comes next.

nostr:note1qrwqh94974g6lfgtzyfeh574ql564llf38smn35258eyz4x70x7swhyfy3


💥 zap.store CLI 0.0.1 alpha is out!

https://video.nostr.build/6dd8f2461ec881f14b028ae196bd2d4b4b8dc1c30d4f6f72c78c07875de04878.mp4

Very few packages at the moment: jq, xq and zola... but enough to play with. Let me know what you think

https://github.com/zapstore/zapstore-cli


my zap wallet is getting drained way too quickly


When merge? https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/29775 #bitcoin


NOSTR HAS ALREADY HIT CRITICAL MASS. THE REPLY GUYS ARE HERE.

WE MADE IT FAM.


Imagine letting trusted 3rd parties hold all your wealth for you. A single hack or policy change could wipe it all out.

Don’t trust. Verify. #Bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/52bba3499ff60c4e9b0f8ebcdaa22be0184cff3647ed71c9f69c647f2bcfd674.jpg


Please, we need to do this nostr:note1uk65r4cum0rvjrwwwfjqjt3sdzqe6al45uuhlw26yakf7nevlscqscmlm5


you can do this without putting anything onchain by using silent payments and an encrypted note on nostr that lets the recipient know what output is being spent. much nicer for utxo privacy.


Fun fact!
Satoshi developed #bitcoin on #Windows.
Only bitcoin releases 0.1.0 up to 0.1.5 which supported only Windows 2000 / Windows NT and Windows XP (perhaps Windows Vista). The next bitcoin release 0.2.0 from Dec 2009, nearly a year later, starts to support #Linux.


https://m.primal.net/JWgs.png

woo, on-chain zaps and antizaps working on testnet.

https://mempool.space/testnet4/tx/6d8d2c26fb6f68097c7bbca6843d3ef475368d6211c837632446bc4a0f3f162a

Draft NIP 570

https://gist.github.com/melvincarvalho/15f767fee8ed3e14197b322235e9fe8d


As society continues to melt down and uncertainty becomes abundant, you will evermore find peace of mind in #Bitcoin


Bitvm = cpu
Nodes/relays = ram
Nostr = computer Communication layer
Torrents = data storage
Computer/phone = terminal/ux
???


Bitcoin = energy
Nostr = cables
http = storage
javascript = ux
git = memory
colored coins = smart applications


Your #nostr setup when you switch between clients 😂
https://m.primal.net/JWbi.jpg


The #Accrescent security and privacy focused Android app store is now available in the #GrapheneOS app store.

Accrescent is a mobile security and privacy project that closely ties to our values. We hope the Accrescent project can benefit from having more users.

Accrescent features:
- App signing key pinning: first-time app installs are verified so you don't have to TOFU.

- Signed repository metadata: repository contents are protected against malicious tampering.

-Automatic, unattended, unprivileged updates (Android 12+): updates are handled seamlessly without relying on privileged OS integration.

- Designed for split APKs: downloaded APKs are optimized for your device to save bandwidth.

- No remote APK signing: developers are in full control of their app signing keys.

- No account required: users don't need an account to install apps, improving privacy.
 https://image.nostr.build/0a5a749032e0fb2aecefd1cf258e1bba535b69f66bade881f2202bd3f481b320.jpg


PR ok > conflict files > use git > conflicts files again > delete branch > git repo > PR ✅ > ready to merge


If you didn't have a reason to consider switching to Linux now you do 🙂


The vision for this is that you have a dedicated "Client Key" that you can paste into whichever clients you enjoy using. You also have 1 or many "Bunker Keys" that are stored on servers listening for events from your client key. Only when both the client and bunker keys contribute their signatures will the signature for the event be valid, and a valid signature will be indistinguishable from one produced by your root key in cold storage somewhere.

What this allows for is even if a client or bunker attempts to rug you, you can just rotate to new key shares and "kick out" the dishonest party. And the best part is that you still have the same npub! Rotating keys doesn't mean you lose your identity.

This is somewhat flexible as well, in the demo I show a 2-of-2 setup. But you can easily increase the participants and threshold needed to produce a valid signature, thus further decreasing the trust assumptions. I could imagine having multiple bunkers with distinct key shares so you'd need all of them to conspire against you in order to get rugged.


TRUST MINIMIZED NSECBUNKER w/ FROST 🔐🥶

Here's a demo of my new Nsecbunker implementation with FROST signatures! This works by creating a 2-of-2 frost signature scheme, which means that unless both a malicious client and bunker conspire to rug you at the same time, you are safe. 🧵

https://v.nostr.build/eK0wNZ9PkKaqLx5z.mp4


We have huge swaths of critical infrastructure that runs on Windows and a single buggy update can bring it to a grinding halt.

Anyway, good morning.


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Important information ⬇✅ nostr:note19zlaq64844dudllqa6ctjm5tlrc0ezk8tweamym6acvsdxupxkks000kp8


First draft of NIP-570 on-chain zaps

https://gist.github.com/melvincarvalho/15f767fee8ed3e14197b322235e9fe8d


Linux, #Bitcoin  and #Nostr running normally.

GM


I love nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5

https://image.nostr.build/6b6a3c05b9bae7fe4b753e1ce1bbd908209ab1c847768d9c86699a91cb727d0d.jpg


Imagine the power of being an indie developer and making an app where, the moment you launch, it people already have an account and they have a balance in your app!


Ark addresses: yay or nay?

Join the conversation👇

https://github.com/ark-network/ark/issues/203


Max and I cover everything under the sun! Was a much overdue conversation, really enjoyed it.

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My prediction on how different sized relays will play out:

mega relay = hot cache, short term storage for reliable realtime note retrieval, optimal for microblogging use cases. No guarantees for longterm storage.

edge relays = long term storage, private notes, note backups. Personal nodes. “Right to be forgotten” nodes. Custom use cases and products. Small communities.

Outbox/autopilot moves us from the niche microblogging usecase to a true large-scale nostr web. nostr:note1m6eargjah6dxvu4l8zxgrtf5jr4km6rzlerl0ztxw4aegqu2xszq5h5ea6


outbox model doesn't guarantee you will never see missing notes. let's say someone sets up their write relays to a few small ones. if an outbox client tries to pull from their relays and they are unreliable or offline, then there's a chance you will more likely see *more* missing notes, especially in a world where everyone is doing this.

Maybe the analogy here is people running their own web servers that go down and then you have link rot and 404s.

People should get used to missing notes, they are a reality and feature of the protocol. The web is the same.


I don’t know why Bitcoiners are believing in narrative of Statist 🤡


ZEUS v0.9.0-beta2 is now available for testing.

This build includes:

- CLNRest: Activity view optimizations
- CLNRest: success animation upon receiving LN payment
- Contacts: added BOLT 12 offer field

Our LSPS1 web portal, which allows users to purchase channels for any node, is now open to everyone! https://lsps1.olympusln.com/

Other v0.9.0 features:

- New LSP service: Purchase channels in advance
- Hardware wallet / signing device support
- BOLT 12 offers + addresses (CLN only)
- Pending HTLCs view
- New camera
- Layout + navigation improvements

## Links

Release notes: https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v0.9.0-beta2

Android

Universal APK: https://zeusln.com/zeus-v0.9.0-beta2-universal.apk
arm64-v8a APK: https://zeusln.com/zeus-v0.9.0-beta2-arm64-v8a.apk
Manifest: https://zeusln.com/manifest-v0.9.0-beta2.txt
Manifest Signature: https://zeusln.com/manifest-v0.9.0-beta2.txt.sig

iOS

IPA: https://zeusln.com/zeus-v0.9.0-beta2.ipa
Apple TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/vVnODWoi https://image.nostr.build/932089d15cfb32142cd33a69315971e2ce400de71f42c906d3e561376eda82c2.jpg


Remember that Block inc need to incentivize people use P2P. Bitkey use CashApp integration. nostr:note176u3fygghql2yk3rghkhxmw7gjylr3djk225yfjvfsw0cnfqdkxs9hayyh


today I bought coffee with my NIP-60 wallet

the shop Jacafe didn't know I was paying with a wallet I wrote in the past couple of days 😂


🚀 Introducing Nutsack 0.1!

nutsack.me -- Don't load too much money; this is highly experimental!

A NIP-60/61 nostr client.

This is a wallet that lives in nostr and is can be accessed from any nostr client that chooses to implement it.

Nutzaps are OPT-IN -- if you don't opt-in to nutzaps, a NIP-60/61 client that zaps you would just do a LN NIP-57 payment; it would just be paying from ecash but you would receive it on your LN wallet.

With these two NIPs we'll get a few cool things:
* unified balance across your apps
* pocket-change that follows you around
* new users are immediately zappable 🤯
* verifiable nutzaps
* faster zaps and zaps that can't go missing

and so much more cool stuff; just watch the video and let your mind wander with the possibilities...

https://m.primal.net/JVOk.mp4


Nutsack is a PWA too https://image.nostr.build/0ba545e5f584e483f4ee60855eb979b80fe3c6ea6c352f1cd11df2e71cc253df.jpg


Stay calm and stay humble.

We’ve already won. #btc


Thinking about an on chain zap spec:

Nostr addresses are bitcoin addresses

Alice zaps Bob 100,000 sats for note N

Output 1: Bob - 100,000 sats

Output 2: OP_RETURN Zap - Version=1 - N (32 bytes) - 4 bytes empty OR note/npub

Output 3: Alice - change

https://m.primal.net/JVIM.png

https://mempool.space/testnet4/tx/1b5760289e71309275145bb9b7b17eb3322b717641a80b6a490eb7fa53b4a428


Bitcoin and politics (States) doesn’t mix. GM.


https://www.tftc.io/nostr-web-services/ #nostr


YouTube very recently started aggressively banning IPs, mostly non-residential and forcing sign-ins.

yt-dlp and many invidious, piped instances affected: 403 errors or "Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot. This helps protect our community"

Google's concept of community is wanting you to swallow their sludge advertisement and control your speech.

I take this as a challenge.

Piped is great but it was obvious that proxying would be shut down one day.

Even though I'm busy AF, I started prototyping something to take back great Youtube content. Involves nostr, blossom and ecash. More soon

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/10128


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GM Nostr ☀

 nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft and I are planning to give a joint talk at the upcoming  nostr:npub1nstrcu63lzpjkz94djajuz2evrgu2psd66cwgc0gz0c0qazezx0q9urg5l conference. If you’d like to see this talk happen give us a 👍 on github. All suggestions/feedback are welcome as well.

https://github.com/nostrworld/nostriga/issues/45


Interesting. So NWS is kind a Node ‘intermediary’?


schematic of how NWS works

https://m.primal.net/JUSZ.png

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Do it nostr:note1859s660cwpe8m7rrw2kn82jtgxs8zmhq23tqugvlnp608ny45ykq03sgw6


Can we please unite as a community and get testnet4 integrated into all our systems please?

Starting with LND


It is VITAL to have a working testnet ( testnet4 ) that bitcoin and nostr developers can build on, integrate, and create new innovations with.  This would also bring distributed finance to nostr, which is needed for new business models.  This should be top priority.

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Alby is at least trying. When I interviewed Kwinten in Fall 2023 and he told me about the AlbyHub plan, I felt it was a great idea, at least one company is not running away or bending the knee to KYC.

No other company is trying something, they're just giving up.

Now That's just defeatist.


#1 DON'T PANIC - Alby custodial users - Stop freaking out.

If INNOVATION and FREEDOM Is NOT YOUR THING, and just want to go with the "Easy", then JUST IGNORE THIS MESSAGE, and enjoy your state sponsored control.

The important thing here is to recognize that Alby is offering a non-KYC option that doesn't require you to run your own server. There is no other company in the space doing it.

If you want custodial in US, then its turning into 100% KYC.
KYC is Dangerous.

What you must understand is that KYC custodial can easily become EO 6102 - confiscation, track and trace your spending and buying habits just like CCP China where if you say ONE FUCKING WORD WRONG they will block all your micro transactions.

All other lightning wallet providers has been forced into a KYC situation or have exited the US (e.g. wallet of satoshi, phoenix just to name a few)

Its not hard to just run Alby Hub, its free but you must learn how to channel manage, its not hard, and its valuable know-how.
If you must have a set it and forget it option and don't want to learn, then choose the paid option. Alby as a company has to make some income for providing the services; this is one way to support them.

Plus - in case you haven't noticed this is one of the few companies who actually is innovating and integrating a lot into open source projects, not just close walling it off and keeping everything to themselves, e.g. Strike and CashApp.

I can't remember the last time Strike or CashApp wanted to collaborate with an open source project and offer bounties to open source devs, ( seriously correct me if i am wrong). These kyc custodial companies are running the same path as the silo'd big tech giants , and you know where the story ends..... control of all your deets, speech, spending habits.....etc.

- Over and Out -


Looks like Twitter can publish articles now.  I wonder where they got that idea.

https://x.com/SigGravitas/status/1812803289739633018


I wrote a guide on Nostr, trying to refresh people's knowledge of what you can do with Nostr access with the new apps and new people/content to follow. I also linked a tutorial for getting a zapping wallet set up, and NIP-05 as I've seen the most problems with that.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/07/17/your-guide-to-nostr-the-decentralized-network-for-everything/


Let me remember some Bitcoiners: JP Morgan was co-creator of the Shitcoin Ethereum with Ethereum Foundation. I still would like to understand why you guys are supporting more one Statis in this planet instead of fight against them(State). https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/1052096/trump-considering-jp-morgan-s-dimon-for-treasury-secretary-1052096.html and https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/105l8aj/eth_is_intimately_connected_with_the_wef_and_jp/


Huge update! Cashu-ts, our most popular wallet library, just released its fist major version - 1.0.0 – 🎉.

Thank you to all the contributors who made this possible.

Open source is magic. And you're all 🥜's!

https://github.com/cashubtc/cashu-ts/releases/tag/v1.0.0


We just deployed Boltz Backend 3.7.2 "Stability is boring" 🥱

Not-so-boring highlight: Onchain overpayment protection
Accidental overpayments in Chain -> Lightning or Chain -> Chain swaps are refundable via https://boltz.exchange/refund now.

More:
* Enable custom reverse swap invoice description
* Allow Liquid lowball transaction for swap funding transactions
* Docs: Add chain swaps lifecycle and code samples, add common mistakes section
* Various bug fixes, like missing notifications for certain events

For the full rundown check the release notes: https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-backend/releases/tag/v3.7.2


We're all in this together is the biggest lie. self sovereignty means you're not roped into stuff you don't agree with.


When PayJoin react native? 👀 #Bitcoin


Huge milestone: First demo of Nostr Web Services (NWS) bringing TCP to Nostr. With NWS, you can host any existing web application on Nostr without having to use DNS or even announce your public IP to the world, simply by sharing your service's npub (or nprofile).

Try it out the demo yourself. Here is a Cashu test mint running with NWS. Let's use curl to retrieve the mint's information. The request travels from your computer to the public NWS entry relay, then through nostr to the service's NWS exit relay. At the other end is a Cashu mint with HTTPS encryption.

```
curl -s -x socks5h://relay.8333.space:8882 https://nprofile1qqs8a8nk09fhrxylcd42haz8ev4cprhnk5egntvs0whafvaaxpk8plgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuwpnxvejuumsv93k2g6k9kr/v1/info --insecure | jq
```

https://m.primal.net/JTMl.png

I can't stress this enough: THE MINT RUNS BEHIND HTTPS!

The NWS entry relay can't read your traffic. It's encrypted. We can host public entry relays that can be used by anyone.

This means we can plug the entire internet to it 🌐.

Let's plug it into Cashu for now. Nutshell wallet supports socks5 proxies (that's how it uses Tor). By setting the public entry relay as the proxy, the wallet can now connect to a mint's npub/nprofile and communicate with it via NWS.

https://m.primal.net/JTot.png

This is going to be so freaking cool. And it's going to be a lot more useful than just for Cashu. There are still bugs and issues that need to be ironed out but the code is coming out soon. Watch this space.


God damnit, not this again...

https://blossom.oxtr.dev/a1180db20e23049c922d3b7855a8d89834c9f99b76444c8164c3746bab15b241.png


Yes! We're going to have a generalized blind auth scheme so you can share an invite code or limit who can create an account with your friends for example while they can still enjoy privacy within the anon set of your mint.

This is a bigger project though, likely will take some time but we already started.


The Tornado Cash trial against Roman Storm is not a trial against one person. It is a trial against us all.

Is the right to financial privacy protected by the US Constitution? And will code remain classified as free speech? Will we turn the law on its head by arguing that those seeking to keep their private life private must be guilty until proven innocent, and that any person aiding in such undertaking is deemed guilty of conspiracy to commit a crime, because criminals want privacy too?

Who is criminally liable for the anonymizing of funds taking place via Tornado Cash today? Does money equal speech?

The questions posed by the Tornado Cash trial are as broad as they are significant and will define how the US Constitution is applied to the digital age.

Full rundown of the case by David Z. Morris 👇

https://www.therage.co/why-your-rights-are-at-stake-in-the-tornado-cash-trial/


Sigh...

I met with yet another blockchain, web3, crypto enthusiast yesterday... he works for a software development company that does full stack blockchain development, blah, blah, blah...

But respect, the dude was curious about Ekasi, and made the effort to come to visit, which is awesome!

However, again, he had no idea what lightning is, he operates under the assumption that Bitcoin is too slow for everday transactions, that we need other blockchains to solve that problem, he's entirely unfamiliar with the concept of sats, he thinks only in terms of BTC, he had no idea Bitrefill existed, and he's never bought anything with Bitcoin and was largely unaware that it's possible.

Yet he figured that NFTs could solve loads of problems.

But we had a great conversation, chatted for more than an hour, and he left with a lightning wallet and some sats, ready to start with the basics.

Hyper-bitcoinization has nothing to do with hype.

And everything to do with slow, focused and steady progress.


this is actually the lifetime struggle of a backend engineer. it's easy to just slap on lipstick onto a poorly designed engine, but its not going to make it perform better. maybe new bells and whistles every then keeps users happy, but it's not going to ever change the game unless you throw out your original prototype and build it right.

this is what I've done with nostrdb and notedeck, and I've designed it in a way so that I can backport it into iOS. it just took a year or so to build a database from scratch and prove out the new model/prototype. feels a bit like building a game engine from scratch... lots of upfront work but it will be so worth it.

It will be the foundation for every damus client going into the future. I feel much more confidant building on top of this new tech than the original iOS prototype.

I didn't really know what I was doing when I made Damus. damus is one of the oldest clients in active use, and has accumulated lots of cruft. It doesn't even work in the outbox model. The new local relay model makes the outbox model possible in damus, which has been damus' biggest criticism.

but yeah, sometimes its hard to explain all this, so I'm ok with people saying I suck in the meantime. it's probably too hard to communicate why I'm doing what I'm doing, but I'll keep trying!


Most Exchanges are focused on extracting profit, and not tech forward.

Most Nostriches are focused on bleeding tech curve and moving distributed systems forward.


After using Zeus for awhile now I’m pretty confident that it works…
I have yet to have a single issue that I can’t start a rant about here & tag the devs in & it doesn’t get fixed…(I have yet to have a critical issue where loss of funds has come anywhere near a concern)
Good stuff.
It really is.
Keep up the great work nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5


Yolo... managed to compile a very, very, experimental branch od Bitcoin Core that can receive silent payments ... and then crash.

Added the address to my BIP353 - there's always a chance coins sent there end up in the ether. And I don't mean swapped to it...
https://satsto.me/ https://image.nostr.build/bd6ef6a827ba59a51015c4dcc1e1fb0ab693e7f81a95c5b4d442b45992f4d5ad.jpg


X is really broken. It doesn’t matter if you look at “for you” “following” or even my noderunners select group. Only posts about some things happening in the US are constantly thrown in your face. Can’t wait to be able to set my own algorithm based on what I want to see. It’s very simple: WTF are people building to improve bitcoin.


Coinbase doesn't have send to lightning addresses as a feature implemented? Tell me this isn't so. Are they that far behind us?

I don't use Coinbase but that's what I'm hearing.

Or are Nostr + LN plebs that far ahead of the curve? Yipes.


Loving Craig’s website right now.

And it stays like this for 3 months.

https://craigwright.net/
https://m.primal.net/JSxk.jpg


GM Nostr ☕

New guide from nostr:nprofile1qqs936kc97s4k4gqjnmltljgqns0uadh08d77t5mypg3anxkneks37gpzemhxue69uhhsmtj9e6hxetwdaehgu3wdaexwqg4waehxw309ahx7um5wgh8smtj9eex7cmtwvq3kamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwphhyar9d4hkuetjduhxxmmdhdhm8r dropped yesterday. It covers BIP353 usernames 🧡⚡

https://sethforprivacy.com/guides/setting-up-a-bitcoin-username/


Fractional reserve is possible with all custodial solutions, including ecash. Anyone who says otherwise is trying to scam you.


Make sense what you said. Yep, they’re open source software. Maybe in the future they could integrate


They open sourced their code and they are inviting partners to integrate and build on top of Bitkey. Not permisionless (they won't merge things they don't want in their apps, but a solid and pragmatic goodwill).

I expect many more integrations coming, and the priority will be based on the mutual demand, tech compatibility, vision alignment...

Peach is probably too small a player for the first round. Hopefully soon.


DNS is so much less complexity/attack surface than HTTPS. HTTPS/TLS are terrible protocols that should be constrained to web browsers. nostr:note1rqz20lqj03r54k880tg4tw5hg3peyr8wy6lw7zm5xfwp62yznx5q58kqc7


Yes.


LMAO. They should put websites by default and let me user choose what do. Noobs can learn also use non KYC solutions.


And advanced users?


"The worst mistake is doing nothing because you can only do a little"


Third option: non-KYC Bitcoin


Mint Bitcoin out of thin air: https://developer.bitcoin.org/examples/testing.html


It's called FakeWallet and it's used for testing the mint you fucking genius.


Some Bitcoiners think is “good” KYC 🤡 nostr:note188dvk0hltcyu8yfvam6e2fg0ndk5rgryx42x434cacuc9dexyehq68yd96


Influence shitcoin options, incentives KYC. They should incentive P2P solutions, if Jack really believe in this.


I think could influence. Why they doesn’t integrated with PeachBitcoin? Incentive people use P2P


Mint ecash from thin air on each refresh: https://thismoneydoesnotexist.github.io


American government employees are the dumbest lazy people ever!
We paid $1.5k in fees to the USCIS for my wife’s extension documents, which would allow her to leave and return to this dumb country. Despite their promised processing time of four months, we’ve been waiting for over a year! When I called for an update, they simply told me to “wait her turn.” Yesterday, they delayed it for another three months 🤡 Meanwhile, illegal immigrants seem to be given priority. Disgusting and shameful !


The reinterpretation of common sense began when we started to assume that common sense is not a sense which constitutes a shared world around us but a capability which we have that anyone is able to act on. This capability is the capability of logic, the fact that we may say in unity: two plus two equals four. But this capability, even if we all possess it, is completely incapable of guiding us through the world or capture anything at all. It merely underlines the most outer subjectivity, even if we may assume (unjustly, of course), that all subjects are the same.

By this line of thinking we must arrive at the idea of the 'normal person' – the normal people who are all the same, because the world which they could share is missing. And because this is impossible you'll end up in a situation in which everyone who is 'not normal' needs a psychoanalyst or a god who knows what they need so that they can become like the others, meaning like somebody who is nobody in the literal sense of the word.

Hannah Arendt, Letters to Mary McCarthy, 1954

https://m.primal.net/JSps.png


Bitkey enabling Shitcoin company for his users with KYC gift 🤡


Yes, that's true for a shared domain, yes.
The TXT record points out directly to the final user. True.

On the other hand, DNS architecture allows the user to hide behind a DNS recursive server (from the ISP, institution, DoH providers, etc), whereas it's easier to leak your final IP to the HTTPS server (if you don't user a webproxy).

Different privacy compromises, I guess.


Why don't we do BIP353 for nostr pubkey domain lookups?

It's like NIP5 but without needing a server...


We need to be able to zap anything.  Both inside and outside of nostr.


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GM https://image.nostr.build/6b47f122db1f48efcd12b24baeb5131cbfebbd00ca9127b81403eae9168f9454.jpg


It's so funny to peek into #Twitter once in a while. Now with the recent #assassination attempt, people tweet about it and self-censor words like "assassination", "killed", "shot", "shooter", etc, with asterisk characters. People seem to be afraid to be banned or have their tweet downranked by the algorithms.

This is why we #nostr.


Live feed of me testing #Nutsack with real money

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https://m.primal.net/JSFD.mov


Nutsack 0.0.1 has been deployed

GN

https://m.primal.net/JSEt.jpg